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💰 Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

📅 2025📏 million121 entries
Share of the combined total of 2,014.7M, grouped by the world region each entry belongs to.
1
🇨🇳China
460.2M
2
🇮🇳India
248.3M
3
🇺🇸United States
160.8M
4
🇧🇷Brazil
94.3M
5
🇯🇵Japan
80.9M
6
🇲🇽Mexico
56.3M
7
🇵🇰Pakistan
51.2M
8
🇳🇬Nigeria
41.8M
9
🇮🇩Indonesia
41.2M
10
🇷🇺Russia
34.3M
11
🇹🇷Türkiye
33.7M
12
🇧🇩Bangladesh
30.3M
13
🇪🇬Egypt
28.9M
14
🇨🇩DR Congo
27.4M
15
🇰🇷South Korea
26.4M
16
🇨🇴Colombia
23.8M
17
🇿🇦South Africa
23.4M
18
🇮🇷Iran
23.3M
19
🇦🇷Argentina
20.3M
20
🇻🇳Vietnam
20.2M
21
🇬🇧United Kingdom
19.1M
22
🇨🇦Canada
18.3M
23
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
18.2M
24
🇵🇭Philippines
17.3M
25
🇦🇺Australia
16.8M
26
🇫🇷France
15.9M
27
🇹🇭Thailand
15.5M
28
🇪🇸Spain
12.5M
29
🇮🇶Iraq
11.6M
30
🇵🇪Peru
11.5M
31
🇮🇹Italy
11.5M
32
🇻🇪Venezuela
10.0M
33
🇦🇴Angola
10.0M
34
🇹🇿Tanzania
10.0M
35
🇨🇲Cameroon
9.2M
36
🇲🇾Malaysia
9.0M
37
🇲🇦Morocco
8.8M
38
🇩🇪Germany
8.1M
39
🇭🇰Hong Kong
7.8M
40
🇲🇲Myanmar
7.4M
41
🇰🇪Kenya
7.3M
42
🇨🇱Chile
7.0M
43
🇬🇭Ghana
6.8M
44
🇸🇾Syria
6.8M
45
🇸🇩Sudan
6.8M
46
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
6.6M
47
🇸🇬Singapore
6.2M
48
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
6.1M
49
🇪🇹Ethiopia
6.0M
50
🇮🇱Israel
5.8M

Highlights

As of 2025, China ranks first with 460.2M, followed by India (248.3M) and United States (160.8M).

China is 1.9 times higher than India, the runner-up.

Across 121 countries and territories, values run from 460.2M (China) to 1.1M (Georgia), with a median of 3.6M.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 3 from the Americas, 1 from Africa and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, 2025. Unit: million.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026